Red Cell Enzyme Polymorphisms in Moroccans and Southern Spaniards: New Data for the Genetic History of the Western Mediterranean

Document Type

Article

Authors

Mostafa Kandil, Université Chouaïb Doukkali
Pedro Moral, Universitat de Barcelona
Esther Estaban, Universitat de Barcelona
Lucca Autori, Università di Cagliari
G.E. Mameli, Università di Cagliari
Driss Zaoui, Université Chouaïb Doukkali
Carla Calo, Università di Cagliari
Francisco Luna, Universidad Complutense
Laura Vacca, Università di Cagliari
Giuseppe Vona, Università di Cagliari

Abstract

Population samples from Morocco (El Jadida, south Atlantic coast) and La Alpujarra (Granada mountains, Spain), located on both shores of the western Mediterranean, were typed for 8 erythrocyte genetic markers: ACPI, ESD, PGD, AK1, GLOl, PGM1, SODA, and DIA. Genetic heterogeneity within western Mediterranean groups was investigated on the basis of allele frequencies of these 8 polymorphisms plus ABO and Rh (CDE). Only slight peculiarities for the ACPI, GLOl, and AK1 systems were observed in the 2 samples compared with other Mediterranean data. The new data are consistent with a main north to south genetic differentiation in the Mediterranean region. However, with regard to other European groups, the La Alpujarra population shows a particular affinity with North Africans that may be compatible with both an ancient common substratum and/or a special historical influence during the Muslim domination of the Iberian Peninsula.

Recommended Citation

Kandil, Mostafa; Moral, Pedro; Estaban, Esther; Autori, Lucca; Mameli, G.E.; Zaoui, Driss; Calo, Carla; Luna, Francisco; Vacca, Laura; and Vona, Giuseppe (1999) "Red Cell Enzyme Polymorphisms in Moroccans and Southern Spaniards: New Data for the Genetic History of the Western Mediterranean," Human Biology: Vol. 71: Iss. 5, Article 5.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol71/iss5/5